A group of eight or ten coots were on the shore near West Park lake recently. This bird seemed unhappy with its neighbour for some reason, and was slowly stalking towards it with body tensed in threat posture.
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Daisy lawn
Common daisies are in flower almost all round the year. But there’s a brief moment in spring when they reach their height. Lawns where they haven’t been persecuted, and other areas of short grass, can seem coverred in daisies.
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Sunning butterflies (speckled wood)
It’s been a cold spring. While all the usual butterfly species have been around, I’ve noticed far fewer of them than usual. The exception, possibly, is speckled woods. here are a couple of them, sunning themselves to warm up for the day.
Apple blossom on a day when it was just beginning to open. These were on one of the crab apples at the back of Compton Lock.
The fringe of the West Park island favoured by nest-building coots is the same area favoured by the sunning turtle (previous two posts). Here the coot chicks venturing out from the nest are directly between me and the turtle as one of the parent birds feeds them.
The adult then started flapping its wings. Perhaps a warning to put some more clear water between them and the reptile.
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Sunning turtle, West Park
The West Park turtle, looking as serene as ever, in one of its regular spots for spending the day lying in the sun.